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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chainfire:
Make sure you have adb, connect the phone to your PC using a USB cable (hopefully you have working USB drivers for the device), and use:

adb reboot recovery

You may need to try a couple of times, just keep doing it. Hopefully you'll end up in recovery console somehow, and you can do something helpful from there.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scouzer:
Or do this, it's a bit easier:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=754385
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiabatic:
Thanks mate,

The case is that when I connect the the phone to USB the phone goes blank, and no drives shows on the PC.

I am doing something wrong...

Thanks for trying to help me:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scouzer:
It doesn't need to show a drive on the PC. Try the utility, it'll probably find your phone on its own.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
Any updates on this? my phone is stuck.

As soon as i plug the battery it shows an icon similar to this: " phone --- ! --- PC "

:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
I got this:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/003> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Enter CS for MD5..

<ID:0/003> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/003> Removed!!

Now the phone has an icon showing " Phone -- ! -- PC " as soon as i plug in the battery... no more recovery nor download mode...

HELP
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toss3:
Just remove the ".md5" ending and try again. Every file should have a ".tar" ending when using odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] normalife:
still doesnt work.. seems like theres no miracle:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesuree:
How about adb? does it work? if yes adb reboot download should get you into Download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesuree:
Am afraid I was in the same situation (couldnt get the 3 button modes) I had to eventually send it for service :( I tried some 50 times but failed.. You are better off sending it for repair else your phone buttons might get scratched/worn out..

This is my personal opinion anyway!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buhuhu:
I have the same problem.

Maybe we need a special cable.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nerren:
No adb doesn't work too.

I just have de first bootscreen and restart and first bootsceent again and so on...

...But I see that when it boot, Odin detect my SGS for about 1/2 second an restart again...is it possible to do anything with this ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ancient_One:
Have you got the sim and external memory cards still int eh device.

Have you taken the battery out and put it back in without the 2 items above then tried to put the phone into download mode.?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nerren:
Yeah, I tried...didn't work..But thanks for the help :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
You might not happen to know how your battery life was while doing all this would you?

Something similar happened to me and I was horrified but after a day or so the battery seemed to come alive for long enough to get download mode working and reflashing and such.

If you do recall your battery being low at this time then try finding a way to charge it or swap it out with a full battery and see what happens. :) When the software is crippled I think it really won't charge correctly. That's the theory for what happened to me anyway.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nerren:
Anyone has an other idea ?

Otherwise I will send it to the after-sale service...but it will take 3 weeks before i got the phone back :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quass1m:
I doubt that my battery was low, but it's always something worth trying.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webstar1:
Borrow a battery from a person who also has a galaxy and see if it boots up, I don't think download mode can be removed any way, if u get a phone---!---PC sign on your phone by any chance, open up kies and then you can reflash your phone
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anoneemooz:
I didn't think my battery was all that low while I was doing several flash attempts of what I much later found out to be a corrupted firmware. I had around 80% or so when I started so I didn't consider low battery as a cause for my problems but hey when it came back to life and I got everything in working order I had like 2% left or something :eek: So flashing and all that can apparently be a really draining process especially if you keep ripping out the battery and putting it back in and all which I had to keep doing since flashing the corrupted firmware always froze up the flashing process. :O So all that time having the phone plugged in but with messed up software must've sped up the battery drain. This is all just based on experience though. I'm not all too knowledgable about these things but it's the most logical explanation to my experience.

It's worth a try indeed. Good luck with that!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icejagans:
Yeah I agree that flashing drains the battery. Or either it resets the battery stats and gives the true indication. I remember prior to my flash I had.70% and when I sucessfully flashed it, it had the battery critical message. So hopefully you just gave a flat battery.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 9988338891:
BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH( brick ) HELP!!!

2 days back i flash universal lag fix with odin. on jph froyo

it was working fine for one day but very next day when i charged my phone it got shutdown and black screen of death(BRICK:() appears and now no recovery mode and download mode is working(3 button combination)

i surfed a lot and find the blog

journal.zenyee.com

with the topic samsung-galaxy-s-can-it-ever-be-a-brick

n der i found solution remove battery for couple of minutes n then again put back battery in n use 3 button combi to get into download mode

but dat dosent helped me out

so guys plz help me how to get back m phone alive
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 9988338891:
BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH( brick ) HELP!!!

2 days back i flash universal lag fix with odin. on jph froyo

it was working fine for one day but very next day when i charged my phone it got shutdown and black screen of death(BRICK) appears and now no recovery mode and download mode is working(3 button combination)

i surfed a lot and find the blog

journal.zenyee.com

with the topic samsung-galaxy-s-can-it-ever-be-a-brick

n der i found solution remove battery for couple of minutes n then again put back battery in n use 3 button combi to get into download mode

but dat dosent helped me out

so guys plz help me how to get back m phone alive
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natao2nv:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8848592#post8848592

its a new beginning in progress ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinged:
Keep the phone and live without regret.

While I do agree with the non discussion on the procedure of changing imei, it's quite unnecessary to hear the same comments by different people over like a broken record. While you are being scorned by so many on here, I'm sure those same people have some pirated software, music or videos themselves.

As if they are completely lawful....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwaide:
[Q] Need urgent help! Semi brick...

Here goes...

I was running rooted stock JP6, with oclf lagfix. Everything worked smoot as silk...

Tried to install:

"[MOD][Froyo JP6, JPA Repository] Reboot, Recovery, Download on Shutdown menu"

From Development forum.

After that phone get stuck in blackscreen after boot S... Vibrating occationally...

Tried to hard reset... no change

Tried to flash stock jp6 rom with Odin, Odin says it was OK, but no response from phone...

Get error message after flashing, in recovery UI that data cannot be loaded, storage not ready... something like that.

Can someone please tell me what to do?!?

edit

Solved it...

needed to flash with JM8 and then with JP6... Alive again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
do you get any error when flashing via Odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
Nope. Just stays.

P.S. I'm available at Skype (neo-st) as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
here is an idea

upgrade to Froyo JPM, you might need pit 813

see if that fixes the problem, if all works then you can revert back to whatever you want
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
OK, but you will have to be more specific, where do I find that rom and that pit ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
it's all here

http://samfirmware.webs.com/samsungandroid.htm

where did you get the previous ROMs and Odin?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
What previous roms? I just flashed Darky's rom, downloaded it from his thread. I had my rom backed up by clockworkmod...I said all that in the first post :)

I found Odin v1.3 somewhere before, can't remember where.

Thanks for the link, will try your idea and report shortly.

Just one thing, there's no 813 pit, just 803, you probably meant that ?

P.s.

this is what they say for JPM:

Flashing way I9000XXJPM: First I9000XWJM8 with RE-Partition and 512.pit. Than I9000XXJPM without RE-Partion use 803.pit.

Does this mean I have to download two separate ROMs, flash one, then second? You told me to try flash JPM, but this means I can't flash it directly? What if JM8 fails ?

Argh...so many problems :/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
Yep, download and flash JM8. Then once that's finished in Odin flash JPM and you'll be on FroYo. Post back your results.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samjasa:
I got very weird case phone, couple days ago i couldnt get my SGS on, so i though whatta heck maybe the battery is on lowcharge, well plugged in charger for a night

At morning plugged the charger out and i push power button.....nothing, nothing happened?!?

So we tested with another SGS charger, after about an hour charge nada..nothing.

Had to send it to service,wonder how long it takes.. but its really odd nearly new phone and this happens..wtf, should i have end up on HTC instead.. :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
It is succeeding for now!! JM8 is on the way!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
that's good to hear

are you able to boot all the way into the OS ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
Yes I did !

I'd like to put some other 2.2 ROM now, it doesn't have to be Darky's, but I don't want it to look ugly and it has to be fast (zipaligned, lagfixed, etc.). What do you reccommend ?

btw. AllGamer, you received a donation as I promised.

P.S.

one more question...now that my ROM is JM8, is voodoo still active? I see Voodoo folder on sd-card, but is it active? Do I have to disable it to proceed with flashing of other ROM or is it dead and I can safely remove the Voodoo folder ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesuree:
"btw. AllGamer, you received a donation as I promised."

Nice bro! great to see that you've kept your word!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
you will need to re-apply the voodoo lag fix

the stock JM8 does not come with voodoo

there is a Custom ROM that comes with voodoo using JM8.... never mind they upgraded it to JM9 and JPM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774950
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
Never mind, I've already put Doc_Kalpik JP6 up and it's great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaitagsd:
[Q] Soft bricked my Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000M (bell version), will pay if fixed

I have a GT i9000M and I had the Tatuyama Froyo ROM installed on it, and it was fine until this morning when I attempted to plug the phone into the computer to transfer some files. The phone turned off and when I tried to turn it on, it would get stuck at the logo, where the words "GT i9000M" would shift left and right and the "M" would disappear off the side and reappear again.

Tried to flash and stuff, and got this error:

E:Can't mount /dev/block/st110 (Invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA: copy default media content failed

I then tried the solution in the thread "Vibrant bricked? Maybe not. [E:Can't mount, Solved]" by Gooney Gu Gu, except the solution posted doesn't work for me: if I just start Odin with the the PIT only, it doesn't generate the "reset" and "pass" procedures.

Note: I can get into downloading mode by vol down + home + power.

So I continued looking up answers here and there.

The latest method I tried is first post on page 3 of "upgrading bell JH2 galaxy S i9000m bricked my phone".

The true stock 2.1 firmware I'm using is called:

I9000UGJH2-PDA-Kernel-Bootloader-CL490514-Low.tar

No luck, when I try to boot the phone up, it does get past the logo screen and shows the splash screen, then the logo of the big "S", but then the screen just turns black and becomes unresponsive.

After the Odin firmware flash, it still goes into the recovery error loop with this screen (image attached).

Will paypal a small donation to whoever helps me solve the problem :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
currently there is no fix for the internal SD card issue.

you'll have to send it back for repair if you still have your invoice it is pretty painless

if you don't have an invoice the next best thing is to get a new motherboard replacement with working internal SD
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Ouch. That sounds painful. I would have thought an ODIN flash will fix everything...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
just though of something

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766589&highlight=Kies

have you tried using KIES to flash it back to stock JH2 ?

sometimes KIES can do weird stuff like fixing some flashing bugs that ODIN can not do properly (which is kinda ironic)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
What exactly did OP do wrong in the first place? Restoring to Eclair without removing Voodooo lagfix?

And how do you remove the lag fix? Darky's ROM doesn't use ULF. Booting into recover simply gives you the 2e recover screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaitagsd:
I have thought of that but Kies won't detect my phone when it is plugged in, only Odin will.

Another problem about sending it back for repair:

I called Samsung and they said I have to do it through my phone carrier.

I bought the phone off Visions Electronics, and I am using the Bell model, unlocked, on Rogers. How would this work?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the work around is to get some one to plug in their i9000 or i9000m

have Kies detect it

then swap it with yours when it asks you to do the 3 button step
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
What's OP ? Sorry :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smighty:
Unbricking:

- Download a Stock Eclair (2.1) rom - I have the JM9 downloaded (Code, CSC and Modem)

- Fetch the 512.pit file

- Go into download-Mode (if possible)

- let Odin detect it

settings for odin:

- Repatition

- 512.pit

- All 3 Files!

That should do the trick (for unbricking).

What I have done to get a really good ROM on it:

- Sztupy's International ROM 3.0 (flashed with odin without repartition)

- Sztupy's Universal Lagfix 3.0

works like a charm...

Does that help?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
Did you missed reading the part that here has got the internal SD problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrooms90:
The voodoo folder on ur internal sd is just where the logs are kept. Did u hear the voice again saying that ur phone is being repartitioned? If not voodoo is disabled.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo-ST:
It's dead. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrooms90:
Well the stock kernel is not compatible with ext4 so its just not gonna work if u dont disable it before flashing.

And to remove the lagfix u just create a new folder inside the voodoo folder and name it disable lagfix then reboot and wait untill its repartitioned back to rfs.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jk0l:
bricked, not recognized in odin during download mode

Hi everyone

Im noob here

Please help me out

I have a samsung i9000m from bell

It is bricked, got the phone-!-pc screen

However, Im able to go to download mode with 3 buttons (but not recovery mode)

When i plugged in the usb cable during download mode

Odin didnt recognize my phone

I have installed both kies and drivers for samsung mobile

And when i plug the usb cable in, the phone doesnt show the charging screen

Is this a full brick?

What is the problem?

I appreciate it very much if you can help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harry90328:
[Q] Is there really nothing I can do if I bricked my phone without the 3-key working?

I'm very desperate now... I tried to flash my phone and it failed... Now it stuck at the start up logo and won't continue. And the 3-key recovery mode does not work... So I guess I can only send it back to service center? Just a last desperate call before I send it back...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jj03:
Do you read?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyberdyne systems:
See the thread in general about making a home made factory jig, looks very easy to do!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jility:
Totally bricked? Please help.

Never Mind!!!!

Hi, I got my Galaxy S bricked because I forgot to disable lagfix in CWM before reinstalling. I had JP6 before with the DOC rom mod and no-rfs advanced ext4. Because I had some probs I wanted to go back to JM8 and totally wipe everything and reinstall jp6 but because i forgot to disable lagfix phone seemed to totally crash. When i try to start phone i get a smal symbol with a phone and computer with a small tryangle in between. also same for recovey mode. I can only go into download recovery. Please please help. Odin wont repartition or even without wont do it...it stucks at Dont turn of target :(

Edit: Now it stucks already at "<ID:0/004> SetupConnection.." and then it goes "<ID:0/004> Can't open the serial(COM) port."
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyy7:
ohh man... didn't you read the thread before u flashed? nearly all flashing tutorials tell you that you must have recovery mode before flashing.. in case of problems like this!

looks like your out of luck.. probably need to take it back to where u got it from..

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swatfireglide:
Same problem here. Small symbol with a phone and computer with a small tryangle in between.

Can't even get in download mode anymore. How did you get into download mode?

Never mind fixed my phone. Got into download mode and just flashed: CF-Root v1.2

Phone now working again. If that won't work for you flash a complete rom instead.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrooms90:
Or just flash a version of voodoo thazs compatible with the firmware u flashed and hope for ur phone to boot up. Then u can disable voodoo and continiue what u where doing
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikescorei:
i don't remember very well so I could be mistaken, but it was something like this , with your phone cabled in usb, pull the battery and then insert it again, it will trigger download mode. not so sure, never tried, it came to my ear. hope it helps you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantIntoCode:
Yep, this has helped many people you should.give it a try
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jk0l:
What?

You mean reading the sticky posts?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pele78:
loooooooooooooooooool
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Memorion:
[Q] Really Bricked?

Hi there, and thanks for reading this.

I'm sorry for opening another "OMG My Phone is bricked"-Thread, I looked for someone with similar problems, but I didn't found anything.

So, I will try to explain my problems as detailed as I can, that it's easier to help me.

Yesterday I flashed my first Custom ROM ([ROM][FROYO] Tayutama Edition v1.0.2 (I9000) v1.0.3 (Captivate) [I9000XXJPM] 24/10/10),everthingworked and I was really happy.

I was so glad everything worked so good that I wanted to try another ROM ([ROM]Cognition v2.2 BETA9.1.3 (Voodoo - CogKernel - Bootanimation) *10/29/2010*)

I read the instructions which said:

"Can I flash this over my current ROM?

Yes, you can flash this over any ROM/configuration your phone might be in (as long as you have access to clockwork recovery). Just follow the steps from above."

And I did it, at the beginning everything looked normal, but than it got stucked and shows an at&t Bootscreen. I waited around 30 minutes and then I tried to reboot. It didn't work, I just got the at&t screen.

I don't get into recovery or into Download Mode, when I try it, the screen went black after a few seconds and then again the at&t screen.

When I connect it with my computer the screen turns off instantly same at the normal charger.

Is there anything I can try now? :/

Sorry for my english and thanks for reading.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wang1chung:
the at&t logo means you flashed a captivate/vibrant rom i believe. they are different, you shouldn't flash those, they are insta-brick roms.

try the 301k resistor to get you into download mode, then flash with repartition back to a rom you know works, such as your stock one
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Memorion:
Damn, you're right, thank you, I'll try to understand the 301k resistor thing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ickyboo:
Where do people find these captivate roms.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nwsk:
forum.xda-developers[dotcom]/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tee34life:
Here you go man! DOWNLOAD MODE TRICK!

Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... 1. Unplug your phone from usb 2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim) 2. Plug usb back into phone. 3. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tee34life:
here this might work Trick for Download Mode

Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... 1. Unplug your phone from usb 2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim) 2. Plug usb back into phone. 3. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manosv:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551